{"title":"Edgar Allan Poe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEdgar Allan Poe(1809-49) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. \u003cspan\u003eUncanny and strange, Poe's writing defied convention, shocked readers, and confounded critics. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEdgar Allan Poe was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of \u003ci\u003eTamerlane and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Literary Messenger \u003c\/i\u003ein Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"poes-tales-of-mystery-imagination","title":"Poe's Tales of Mystery \u0026 Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoe's Tales of Mystery \u0026amp; Imagination, by Edgar Allen Poe and illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1979)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecond printing of the reissued first edition, printed 1978. (First edition printed 1935.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge format hardback in fine condition. Minor shelf wear (one very small tear) to the top edge of the dusk jacket, and the top and bottom of the cover boards. Slight age tone to top of cover. Otherwise no other markings. Minimal foxing to the page block. Minor age tone to pages. Page clean, binding firm. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are twenty-five of Poe's most famous short stories, illustrated by one of the masters of modern graphic art. Their titles alone are enough to fill the imagination with feelings of apprehension and dread: titles such as \u003cem\u003eThe Fall of the House of Usher, The Murders in the Rue Morgue \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003eGold-Bug\u003c\/em\u003e, to name but a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough a tragic figure, dying at aged forty, Edgar Allan Poe never the less left behind a wealth of material unique in the annuals of literature. Nobody, before or since, has managed to emulate his genius, capable of sending shivers down the stiffest spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArthur Rackham (1867-1939 is still regarded as one of our great illustrators. The attention he gave to detail is as note-worthy as is his miraculous harmony of tone and colour. He illustrated many major works including \u003cem\u003eThe Arthur Rackham Fairy Book\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Compleat Angler\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis present book is a reissue of the illustrated edition first published by Harrap in 1935.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edgar Allan Poe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57994481107326,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/poes-tales-edgar-allan-poe-arthur-rackham-cover-spine.jpg?v=1788954338"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/collections\/edgar-allann-poe.jpg?v=1788953588","url":"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/collections\/edgar-allan-poe.oembed","provider":"Setanta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}